Illustrator How to Create a Glossy, Colorful Text Effect In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a glossy, colorful text design in Illustrator CS5. We’ll use an interesting font choice, opacity masks, shape building techniques, and more to create this text effect. Tags: glossyIllustratortext effecttutorial Similar Articles 3D Summer Text Effect Create An Abstract Text Effect In Photoshop Master Adobe shortcuts with new interactive tool Create a Thor-inspired text effect